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I'm thinking about getting satelite radio for my Si. Does anyone have
experience installing the car kits for a Sirus portable unit?
I've been looking around for some instructions but haven't found much.

Thanks

John Smith wrote:
> I'm thinking about getting satelite radio for my Si. Does anyone have
> experience installing the car kits for a Sirus portable unit?
> I've been looking around for some instructions but haven't found much.
>
> Thanks
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Does your stereo say XM READY on the faceplate, or does it have the 6
disc changer built in? You may have a place for an input available on
the backside, you may not.

'Curly'

John Smith <someone@microsoft.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking about getting satelite radio for my Si. Does anyone have
> experience installing the car kits for a Sirus portable unit?
> I've been looking around for some instructions but haven't found much.

Some people say the FM transmitter things work fine. I didn't like mine.

My 2003 Civic has an empty connector for a CD changer. PIE makes an
adapter that plugs in there, and accepts RCA inputs that appear as audio
from an external CD, always on CD-1, track 1.

http://www.logjamelectronics.com/piehon98aux.html

It was an easy job. I didn't even pull the radio out. I reached up behind
the radio, in the dash, and plugged the connector in.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

dold@88.usenet.us.com wrote:

> Some people say the FM transmitter things work fine. I didn't like mine.
>
> My 2003 Civic has an empty connector for a CD changer. PIE makes an
> adapter that plugs in there, and accepts RCA inputs that appear as audio
> from an external CD, always on CD-1, track 1.
>
> http://www.logjamelectronics.com/piehon98aux.html
>
> It was an easy job. I didn't even pull the radio out. I reached up behind
> the radio, in the dash, and plugged the connector in.

I've been thinking of getting one of those for my 2004 Civic. How much of
the dash and/or center console did you have to remove to get behind the
radio.

High Tech Misfit <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> dold@88.usenet.us.com wrote:

> > Some people say the FM transmitter things work fine. I didn't like
> > mine.
> >
> > My 2003 Civic has an empty connector for a CD changer. PIE makes an
> > adapter that plugs in there, and accepts RCA inputs that appear as
> > audio from an external CD, always on CD-1, track 1.
> >
> > http://www.logjamelectronics.com/piehon98aux.html
> >
> > It was an easy job. I didn't even pull the radio out. I reached up
> > behind the radio, in the dash, and plugged the connector in.

> I've been thinking of getting one of those for my 2004 Civic. How much of
> the dash and/or center console did you have to remove to get behind the
> radio.

I had to slide the console back a little to be able to pull the panel with
the 12v outlet and a couple of switches out.

Here's a thread that started as radio R&R, but I didn't want to take the
radio out. The connector is a pretty big 14 pin connector, so it's easy
to plug it in blindly. http://tinyurl.com/27obbj


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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5